Haiti: Books For Sale

List as of December 2, 2007

Bob Corbett 1419 Tamm Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63139
(314) 647-6704

The list adds and subtracts items constantly, so please write to reserve books or to check is they are still available. The most current list is the one on my web site.

If you have questions, don't hesitate to contact me

BOOKS READY FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY.

Shipping is $3.00 for the first book and $.50 for each additional book, book rate. Insurance or priority shipping are extra. Delivery outside the U.S. will be arranged.

• 50 ANNEES DE PEINTURE EN HAITI 1930 -- 1980. I am offering Vol. 1 which goes from 1930-1950. 117 pages large paperback. Many color and black and white prints of art work and FRENCH text about the history of Haitian art in these years. It includes several pages at the end as chronology of Haitian art in this period.
  • Nice condition. $60.00

• Abbott, Elizabeth. HAITI: AN INSIDER'S HISTORY OF THE RISE AND FALL OF THE DUVALIERS. Paper, new. First author I've read who makFe the argument that Haiti's main economy under the Duvaliers was misery itself.
  • Hard bound copy in dust jacket $15.00.

• Anderson, Mildred. BEYOND ALL THIS: THIRTY YEARS WITH THE MOUNTAIN PEASANTS OF HAITI. 1979 missionary account of work at the Baptist Mission. Paper bound in good condition
  • $18.00.

• Aristide, Jean-Betrand. AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY.. 1993. New hardbound book in dust jacket. Life of the president-in-exile. Excellent book.
  • Like new: $7.00

• Aristide, Jean-Betrand. IN THE PARISH OF THE POOR.. 1994. Aristide's liberation theology work, where he raises the image of the poor sitting under the table of the rich, eating the crumbs from their table, but about to rise up and tip over this table.
  • Ex-library, but like new: $20.00

• Bach, Marcus. STRANGE ALTARS 1950s non-fiction book on Haitian Voodoo religion.
  • Paper bound in decent condition. $15.00.

• Becker, Stephen. A RENDEZVOUS IN HAITI.. 1987 hardbound, first edition novel set in the first U.S. occupation of Haiti.
  • With dj: $15.00.

• Beckwith, Carol and Angela Fisher. THE AFRICAN ROOTS OF VOODOO National Geographic, August, 1995. Pp. 102-113. Traces the roots of Voodoo back to Africa with great exceptional photos. Text too.
  • Like new. $7.50.

• Beebe, William. BENEATH TROPIC SEAS. 1928 first edition of this extraordinary 234 paged treatment of diving the reefs along Haiti's coasts.
  • Without dust jacket: $18.00.

• BEL PEYI MWEN.    Despite the title, the text is in English in this children's coloring book. The text is by Elizabeth Turnbull. New. 8 1/2 x 11 size.
  • $7.00.

• Bell, Madison Smartt. ALL SOULS' RISING. First volume of Madison Bell's planned trilogy on the character of Toussaint Louverture. Like new paperback version of the epic sized historical novel
  • $15.00.

• Bellande, Evelyn Lallemand, with Ed Erny.PRINCESS IN THE KINGDOM Triumph born of tragedy in the life of a lady from Haiti's elite. Like new paperback.
  • $10.00.

• Bonny, P. Lionel.    LE PRESIDENT ARISTIDE RECONQUERRA-T-IL LE POUVOIR?     Paper bound treatment of the Lavalas government 1993. Text in French.
  • $10.00.

• Bontemps, Arna and Langston Hughes. POPO AND FIFINA This is a modern paper back edition of Bontemps and Hughes' great 1932 children's novel of Haiti. Click on the title for my own comments on the book.
  • Nice condition paper. $15.00.

• Boone, Lee NEW AND RARE CUBAN AND HAITIAN TERRESTRIAL ISOPODA An independently bound article which appeared in the Bulletin of The American Museum of Natural History, 1934. pp. 557-598 with illustrations
  • Excellent condition paper. $10.00.

• Bourne, Peter. DRUMS OF DESTINY.Hard bound copy of this novel of the revolution. Great story involving Christophe and foreign doctor.
  • One copy in nice dust jacket with some tears along the top and bottom edges. The book itself is nice. $20.00
  • This is a good reading copy, but worn. Binding is tight and solid $15.00

• Brown, Karen McCarthy. MAMA LOLA Well-known, informative and entertaining account of a Haitian mambo in Brooklyn, NY. Brown worked with Mama Lola, went to Haiti with her and catalogues a fascinating account of Haitian Voodoo both in Haiti and in transition to New York.
  • Hard bound copy in good condition. $18.00

• Buch, Hans Christoph. THE WEDDING AT PORT-AU-PRINCE. 1984 novel. 1st edition.
  vg, slight rough spot on dj. Historical novel which touches on three different periods of Haitian history.
  • $16.00

• Cave, Hugh. CROSS ON THE DRUM. Hard bound, 1959. Perhaps the best American novel on Haitian Voodoo which I know. Set on the island of La Torture, it concerns a Protestant missionary and a Voodoo houngan who come to understand one another and one another's religions.
  • Copy without dustjacet: $17.50
  • Copy with dustjacet: $22.00

• Cave, Hugh. HAITI: HIGHROAD TO ADVENTURE. Hard bound, 1952. One of the best overviews of Haiti ever written. Cave lived in Haiti for a few years and visited many important centers of Haiti. He writes with understand, depth and respect.
  • Hard bound first edition in good condition: $45.00

• Cave, Hugh. THE MISSION. Hard bound in dust jacket. Very touching and beautiful story of a little girl seeking her artist father in Port-au-Prince. Inspired by a real story told to Hugh Cave by Sister Joan Margaret of Ecole St. Vincent in the 1950s. First published in The Saturday Evening Post in 1959.
  • Hard bound with jacket, very nice condition: $45.00

• Chester, Rear Admiral Colby M. HAITI: A DEGENERATING ISLAND. A very scarce item. From National Geographic, March 1908, the very first Nation Geographic edition to feature a story on Haiti. Some nice photos from Cap Haitien. Excellent condition for 1908!
  • $65.00.

• Christensen, Eleanor Ingalls THE ART OF HAITI Large 9 x 12 book with history of the development of the Haitian art movement. Lots of black and white illustratins.
  • $26.00.

• Cobb, Charles. HAITI AGAINST ALL ODDS. Article in National Geographic of Nov. 1987. Whole magazine. Nice condition. This magazine is worth it for the one spectacular aerial photo of the Dominican/Haitian border, with green forests on one side and bleak deforestation on the other. Two other articles in this issue. See Deagan below.
  • $7.00.

• Cosentino, Donald L. SACRED ARTS OF HAITIAN VOODOO. A gigantic, colorful and important book on all aspects of art as they express Haitian Voodoo.
  • Paperbound edition, like new. $65.00.
  • This is a new book, with many many color photos of such art work. Very heavy coffee-talbe style book. I also have to ask $6.00 in postage for this exceptionally heavy book

• Courlander, Harold. THE PIECE OF FIRE AND OTHER HAITIAN TALES. Put bluntly: the best collection of Haitian folk tales ever assembled in English. Courlander was a wonderful anthropologist and collected or Haitian materials.
  • Ex-library copy, but worn and without dust jacket, text is just fine. $19.00.

• Craige, John Houston. BLACK BAGDAD. Second of the famous hard bound books which this military officer wrote during the American occupation in the 1930s. Craige's critique of Haitian people and culture set off a storm of protest amoung liberals in the U.S.
  • Nice copy without dust jacket $30.00.

• Craige, John Houston. CANNIBAL COUSINS. Famous hard bound book which this military officer wrote during the American occupation in the 1930s. Craige's critique of Haitian people and culture set off a storm of protest amoung liberals in the U.S. This is a particularly nice copy of this scarce book in full dust jacket.
  • $40.00.
  • Copy without dust jacket $40.00.

• Danticat, Edwidge. BREATH, EYES, MEMORY. Edwidge Danticat's famous first novel, the story of three generations of Haitian women from Haiti to the Dispora to the first generation born in the U.S.
  • Nice conditioned paperback. $8.00.

• Danticat, Edwidge, editor. THE BUTTERLY'S WAY: VOICES FROM THE HAITIAN DIASPORA IN THE UNITED STATES. Book of readings from many Haitian writers living in the U.S. with an introduction by Danticat. Signed by the editor.
  • Paper bound in like-new condition. $18.00.

• Danticat, Edwidge. THE DEW BREAKERS Nice condition paperbound version of the book of Danticat short stories of people who've made changes in the Haitian political and social world.
  • $12.00.

• Danticat, Edwidge. THE FARMING OF BONES. Chilling novel of the Dominican slaughter of Haitians in 1937.
  • Hardbound in dust jacket. Nice conditions. $16.00.

• Dash, J. Michael.CULTURE AND CUSTOMS OF HAITI. Like new hardbound copy of this scholarly book.
  • $25.00.

• Davis, H.P.BLACK DEMOCRACY. Probably the second best history of Haiti in English. This 1936 edition of this 360 page book is quite hard to find.
  • Very nice copy in dust jacket and mylar copy. $55.00.

• Davis, Wade. THE SERPENT AND THE RAINBOW.. Large size paperback version of this now classic work on the process of zombification.
  • Paperback edition $11.00.

• Dayan, Joan    HAITI, HISTORY AND THE GODS     Large size paperback, like new.
  • $18.00.

• Deagan, Kathleen. SEARCHING FOR COLUMBUS'S LOST COLONY. National Geographic. Nov. 1987. See Cobb above.

• Deren, Maya. DIVINE HORSEMEN: THE LIVING GODS OF HAITI. Classic book by American film maker who wrote about and filmed Haitian Voodoo in the early 1950s. Nice conditioned paper back.
  • $18.50
  • Also a nice hardbound version in dust jacket, $30.00

• Dern, Peggy. NURSE IN THE TROPICS. Nice conditioned paper back. Young nurse working in Haiti and dealing with Voodoo and local culture.
  • $8.50

• Demangles, Leslie G.     THE FACES OF THE GODS  Paperbound, like new.
  • $31.00

• Devillers, Carole. HAITI'S VOODOO PILGRIMAGES OF SPIRITS AND SAINTS. National Geographic, March, 1985.
  • Just the article alone, nicely cut out of a magazine, $5.50.
  • Or, the whole magazine in "as new" condition. $5.00.

• Diederich, Bernard and Al Burt. PAPA DOC: THE TRUTH ABOUT HAITI TODAY. Hard bound with dust jacket. Very good. This is an account of the life and work of Papa Doc and the impact of his regime on Haiti.
  • $30.00.
  • Decent condition paper bound: $18.00.

• Dupuy, Alex. HAITI IN THE NEW WORLD ORDER: LIMITS OF THE DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTION Paperback (like new). Brilliant 1997 analysis of Haiti's potential place in the new global economy and political world.
  • $40.00.

• Ewen, Charles. FROM SPANIARD TO CREOLE: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF CULTURAL FORMATION AT PUERTO REAL, HAITI. 1991 study of this archaeological site. 155 pages. Paperbound
  • $17.00.

• FEBYIN. 73 page children's story in Haitian Creole. Published by Center for Bilingual/Bicultural Education in Cambridge, MA. 8x10 paperbound.
  • $15.00.

• Fick, Carolyn. THE MAKING OF HAITI: THE SAINT DOMINGUE REVOLUTION FROM BELOW On my onw view this is one of the strongest histories of the Haitian Revolution ever published in English. A must read for anyone interested in the period. 368 pages. Paper bound in very nice condition.
  • $42.00.

• Fowler, Carolyn. A KNOT IN THE THREAD: THE LIFE AND WORK OF JACQUES ROUMAIN. First edition hardbound of this scholarly study of one of Haitian most famous writers.
  • $42.00.

• Franck, Harry A. ROAMING THROUGH THE WEST INDIES Well-known travel book from 1920 with a section on "Under the Palm-Tree of Haiti." Interestingly this chapter is not on the section of French West Indies, but "The American West Indies." Photos as well.
  • Worn but good condition hard bound from 1920. $11.00.

• Freeman, Bryant. SURVIVAL CREOLE. A short Creole language text which can help one speak the necessary Creole for everyday living.
  • New $7.00

• Gibbons, Elizabeth D. SANCTIONS IN HAITI: HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY UNDER ASSAULT Click on title for a long review of this very responsible and fascinating book. Hard bound, ex-library in fine condition.
  • $54.00.

• Girouard, Tina. SEQUIN ARTISTS OF HAITI. Without doubt the best book yet written on this topic. Many color plates.
  • $50.00

• Gold, Herbert. BEST NIGHTMARE ON EARTH: A LIFE IN HAITI. Gold's non-fiction essays recall his many years working in Haiti as an observer and writer.
  • Hard bound edition $20.00

• Greene Graham. THE COMEDIANS. Hard bound with dust jacket. very good condition. This is the classic story of Papa Doc's macoutes and got Greene banned from Haiti for life.
  • Hardbound with dust jacket $10.00
  • Hardbound without dust jacket $9.00

• Grove, Noel. THE CARIBBEAN: SUN, SEA AND SEETHING. National Geographic Feb. 1981. Have whole magazine. The article does have several Haiti photos and some treatment of political situation.
  • $5.50.

• Haggerty, Richard A. (editor) DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND HAITI: COUNTRY STUDIES   Long and heavy book that deals with all the basic data bout each country. Lots of excellent material here.
  • $30.00

• HAITIAN CREOLE SCHOOL BOOK --JEYOGRAFI AK ISTWA DAYITI 5EM ANE.    5 X 8 1/2. Lots more on history than in the 5th level book. Like new.
  • $8.00

• HAITIAN CREOLE SCHOOL BOOK --KONNEN BET YO 5EM ANE.    5 X 8 1/2. As the title suggest, lots and lots of animals. Like new.
  • $8.00

• HAITIAN CREOLE SCHOOL BOOK --ISTWA -- JEYOGRAFI -- SIVIK 6EM ANE.    11 X 8 1/2. Like new.
  • $8.00

• HAITIAN CREOLE SCHOOL BOOK -- POU YON LEKOL LIBERATRIS AN AYITI.    5 X 8 1/2. A curriculum guide of recommended studies for each year of elementary school. Like new.
  • $8.00

• Heinl, Robert Debs and Nancy Gordon. WRITTEN IN BLOOD: THE STORY OF THE HAITIAN PEOPLE 1492-1976. This remains the best history of Haiti written in the English language. Hard bound without dust jacket, in fine condition
  • A copy of the 1976 first edition with dust jacket. Shows some wear, but very good condition. $88.00.

• HIPPOLYTE: MODULE 30. Small art show catalogue of work of painter Gerard Hippolye. Images in both black and white and color. Text in French by Gesner Armand and Michel P. Lerebours. Bibliography.
  • $17.00.

• Hippolyte-Manigat, Mirande. HAITI AND THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY. 1980 over-sized paperback.
  • $18.00.

• Horn, W.O. von     A. CONGO     A children's book with colorful cover, printed in 1899. 90 pages. Set in colonial San Domingue it is the story of a boy brought over from African into slavery. The book is nice, but a bit beat up. The first page, a lovely color photo, is loose. The front flyleaf has a boy's writing about when he got the book, and the back cover inside, the boy has drawn some thing. Otherwise the text is not hampered. Clearly the book of an active little boy at the turn of the 20th century.
  • $30.00.

• Jakovsky, Anatole. PEINTURE HAITIENNE. 86 page exhibition catalogue from a 1983 exhibition in Nice, France. Artists are treated alphabetically with a representation of their art in a large b/w print, and bibliographic material. 40 artists presented. Text in French.
  • $40.00.
  • One copy with slight wrinkles on cover. $35.00.

• James, C.L.R. THE BLACK JACOBINS. One of the most famous analyses of The Haitian Revolution every written. James was a strong Marxist scholar. P bound edition.
  • Good condition. $16.00.

• Johnston, Sir Harry. . HAITI THE HOME OF TWIN REPUBLICS. And HAITI AND ITS REGENERATION BY THE UNITED STATES. Dec. 1920, National Geographic. These two essays by the famous travel writer are, in part, a justification of the American Occupation, but also a documenting of it. His two essays are accompanied by 21 b/w photos, many of them of the occupation troops and troop activities. Also in this same edition: Osterhout, Major G.H., Jr. A LITTLE-KNOWN MARVEL OF THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE. 1920 National Geographic feature on the Citadel including 12 b/w photos. Text is a history of the citadel and quite detailed. This is the entire December edition of 1920, complete and in good shape. The spine is a bit tattered, but otherwise quite nice. Since this issue has a very famous story on the art of falconry, it is an especially hard to find edition since falconry fanciers have gotten all the copies!
  • Nice copy of whole magazine from December 1920. $30.00.

• Korngold, Ralph. CITIZEN TOUSSAINT. 1945 hardbound reprint in nice old dust jacket of this classic on Tousssaint Louverture.
  • $22.00.

• Lane, Sheila and Marion Kemp. SIX FOLK TALES. Stories adapted from those of Leila Berg. This very scarce collection includes an Uncle Bouki story.
  • $15.00.

• LE MUSEE D'ART HAITIEN DU COLLEGE SAINT-PIERRE.1983 booklet on the collection. 8 1/2 x 11 size paper. Many color and b/w prints, plus list of collection. Color cover of Hector Hyppolite painting.
  • $22.00.

• LE MUSEE D'ART HAITIEN DU COLLEGE SAINT-PIERRE. 1990s version of booklet on the collection. 8 1/2 x 11 size paper. Many color and b/w prints, plus list of collection. Color cover of Hector Hyppolite painting. Text in French.
  • $20.00

• LESPRI ENDEPANDAN: DISCOVERING HAITIAN SCULPTURE   100 page catalogue of an exhibition at the Patrician & Phillip Frost Art Museum at Florida International University. Colorful and slick book
  • New paper bound copy. $50.00

• Leyburn, James G. THE HAITIAN PEOPLE. One of the classics books on Haiti.
  • Like new paper bound copy. $18.00
  • If you can use a beat up copy that is all there but has lost it's cover, then here's a great deal at the price -- $7.00

• Loederer, Richard A. VOODOO FIRE IN HAITI. First edition, 1935. Excellent condition. A classic travelogue. Exaggerated, racist, sensationalist, nonetheless, informative and entertaining. Literary Guild, but only English version.
  • Very good. $15.00.

• Metraux, Alfred. VOODOO IN HAITI. Hardbound 1959 first edition.
  • Worn but good. $30.00
  • Also nice condition paperback. $17.00

• Morison, Samuel Eliot. ADMIRAL OF THE OCEAN SEA: A LIFE OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. The classic study of Columbus in English. 1946 hardbound version. Ex-library but decent somewhat worn copy.
  • $5.00.

• NATIONAL GEOGRAPHICS:  National Georgraphic is justly famous for its photos (and alas, equally infamous for their stories!) Below is a list of National Geographics which are in this list. Just go to the name of the author or title to see description and price.
  • August 1916. See "Wards."
  • December 1920. See Johnston.
  • January 1931. See Simpich.
  • September 1944. See Newman.
  • February 1961. See Scofield.
  • January 1976. See Patterson.
  • February 1981. See Grove.
  • March 1985. See Devillers.
  • November 1987. See Cobb.
  • August 1995. See Beckwith.

• Newman, Oliver P. BARE FEET AND BURROWS IN HAITI. National Geographic Sept. 1944. Also: B. Anthony Stewart: HAITI GOES TO MARKET. Total of 20 photos in the two essays, some of them in color, but not normal color photos, but those earlier painted-looking photos. Some really nice, as one expects from National Geo. The whole magazine, which also includes some second world war stories and a popular one on working dogs. The war year National Geos are hard to get since they are collected for their war stories and photographs.
  • This is a worn copy with some fraying on the spine, but the text is perfect throughout. $22.00.

• Niles, Blair. BLACK HAITI. 1926 edition of this report from Haiti by an American living there during the occupation. 325 pages and photos. Hardbound edition is good condition.
  
  From my own notes on this book: Written in 1925 during the Occupation. Sort of a touristy book, but well written and sympathetic to Haitians, opposed to both the Occupation and Monroe Doctrine in The Americas. Niles is a world traveller who knows how to get around. Sensitive and observative.
  • 30.00.

• Osterhout, Major G.H., Jr. A LITTLE-KNOWN MARVEL OF THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE. 1920 National Geographic feature on the Citadel including 12 b/w photos. Text is a history of the citadel and quite detailed. Also in this edition: Sir Harry Johnston. HAITI THE HOME OF TWIN REPUBLICS. And HAITI AND ITS REGENERATION BY THE UNITED STATES. These two essays by the famous travel writer are, in part, a justification of the American Occupation, but also a documenting of it. His two essays are accompanied by 21 b/w photos, many of them of the occupation troops and troop activities. This is the entire December edition of 1920, complete and in good shape. The spine is a bit tattered, but otherwise quite nice. Since this issue has a very famous story on the art of falconry, it is an especially hard to find edition since falconry fanciers have gotten all the copies!
  • $35.00.
  • A second copy which is again the whole magazine except it has no front cover, but otherwise is intact and in surprisingly good condition. $30.00

• Paris, Barry. SONG OF HAITI: THE LIVES OF DR. LARIMER AND GWEN MELLON AT THE ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL OF DESCHAPPELES. First edition hard bound in dust jacket.
  • Nice condition. $20.50.

• Parkinson, Wenda. THIS GILDED AFRICAN: TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE. 1978 hardbound edition of this biography of Toussaint. 212 pages, places and dust jacket.
  • $25.00.

• Patterson, Carolyn Bennett. HAITI: BEYOND MOUNTAINS, MORE MOUNTAINS. National Geographic, Jan. 1976. Whole magazine.
  • Nice condition. $8.50.

• Perusse, Roland. HISTORICAL DICTIONARY OF HAITI. Quite rare item. 124 page "dictionary" of people, places and events in Haiti, often 5 to 10 a page, some longer entries. A marvelous research tool.
  • Nice condition ex-library. $80.00.

• Peters, DeWitt. HAITIAN PAINTING.     Phenomenal photographs including Hyppolite painting, and a couple of his canvases in very large color photos. Text by Peters. Life Magazine, Sept. 1, 1947. The whole magazine is offer. Hard to find since the cover is of auto racing rage of the time, John Cobb, thus most copies are in the hands of collectors of memoriabilia of that sport!
  • $30.00

• Phillips, Anghelen Arrington. GINGERBREAD HOUSES: HAITI'S ENDANGERED SPECIES Copy # 106 of the first edition of 2000 copies. Large book, about 9x12 filled with lovely drawing of gingerbread houses mainly from Port-au-Prnce, and text about them. Nice condition.
  • $65.00.

• Plummer, Brenda. HAITI AND THE GREAT POWERS: 1902-1915. Wonderfully scholarly book on the conditions which lead to the U.S. occupation of Haiti in 1915. 260 page study. Nice condition paperbound.
  • $25.00.

• Reed, Ishmael. MUMBO JUMBO. HooDoo novel. Private Eyes LaBas and Black Herman investigate questions. Touches on all forms of Voodoo in influences. Nice paper.
  • $15.00.

• Riou, Roger. TURTLE ISLAND -- GOODBY. Story of Father Roger Riou, a Belgian priest who worked on the island of La Tortue during Papa Doc's regime and was eventually exiled from Haiti. Riou takes great pride in that he worked on the anti-superstitution campaign in the early 1940s. Published in the U.S. under the title of The Island Of My Life.
  • Like new condition of this 1974 hard bound non-fiction work. $18.00.
  • A copy under the title: THE ISLAND OF MY LIFE. $20.00.

• Roberts, Kenneth. LYDIA BAILEY. (1948) Fascinating 1940s hard back novel of the period of the Revolution in Haiti. Excellent reading.
  • Nice condition book, but worn. $10.00.

• Rodman, Maia. MARKET DAY FOR TI ANDRE. A children's book telling the story of a boy who gets lost while following a rara band. However, what makes this book a very high demand book is that the illustrations were done by Wilson Bigaud in 1952 at the height of his productivity.
  • A lovely copy inside. Very colorful cover of Bigaud's work $75.00.

• Rodman, Seldon. HAITI: THE BLACK REPUBLIC. One of the two best travel guide/analyses of Haiti ever written (Also with Hugh Cave's HAITI: HIGHROAD TO ADVENTURE. 1950s. Still a fascinating read. Hardbound in good condition.
  • $20.00.

• Rodman, Selden. THE MIRACLE OF HAITIAN ART. Hardbound and in jacket cover. Good. 96 pages long, lots of photos of art works, some in color, more in b/w.
  • $40.00.

• Rodman, Selden. RENAISSANCE IN HAITI: POPULAR PAINTERS IN THE BLACK REPUBLIC. Very early work bringing Haitian primitive painters to public attention (1948). This is a 1948 first edition in dust jacket in good condition.
  • $55.00.

• Scherman, Katherine. THE SLAVE WHO FREED HAITI. Hardbound with jacket. Youth novel about Toussaint from 1954.
  • $15.00.

• Scofield, John. HAITI -- WEST AFRICA IN THE WEST INDIES. In National Geographic, Feb. 1961. Entire magazine in very good condition. Marvelous photos, including the murals of Holy Trinity, Saut d'Eau, the Citadel.
  • $12.00.

• Seabrook, W.B. THE MAGIC ISLAND A 1929 edition of this famous and notorious book on Haiti. Excellent wood-cut illustrations by Alexander King and photographs by the author. Hard bound copy, a bit beat up on the outside, but tight, and completely clean text.
  • $25.00.

• Shacochis, Bob. THE IMMACULATE INVASION A 1999 hard bound like-new copy of this analysis of 1994 U.S. invasion and occupation of Haiti. 408 pages. Like new.
  • $15.00.

• Shea, Neil. ZIPUSA: 33127 National Geographic, February 2006. A group of high-school students looks at their Little Haiti neighborhood through the lens of a camera. Like new.
  • $5.00.

• Sotheby's. IMPORTANT LATIN AMERICAN PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS AND SCULPTURE. Sotheby's auction catalogue from Nov. 27-28-29, 1984. (sale 5246). 54 Haitian paints pictured, about 5 color, rest b/w.
  • $30.00

• Spector, Robert M.W. CAMERON FORBES & THE HOOVER COMMISSIONS TO HAITI (1930) 1985 paper bound. Like new.
  • $35.00

• Stebich, Ute.   HAITIAN ART    Very colorful art book with color and black and white photos galore. Also short biographies of many artists in the back. Lovely cover with old man with pipe. 176 pages, about 8 1/2 x 11 size. This is an ex-library copy with dust jacket and milar cover. A bit beat up but a nice copy. Text is all fine.
  • $40.00.

• Sylvain, P.G. .   ETUDE SUR LES PRINCIPAUX ARBRES ET ARBUSTES D'HAITI PROPRES A L'ORNEMENTATION.     Lovely scholarly 57 page booklet with photos of trees and detailed treatment of them. Published in 1930 in Haiti. In French.
  This 1930 soft cover book is in nice condtion, lightly darkened by age.
  • $25.00.

• Taft, Edna.   A PURITAN IN VOODOO LAND.    Insightful woman visited Haiti during the American occupation and made a serious effort to get out of her limited class and color background to experience a wider range of Haiti.
  This 1938 hardbound copy is good nice dust jacket, some tears.
  • $38.00.

• Tarry, Ellen.   THE OTHER TOUSSAINT: A POST-REVOLUTIONARY BLACK.    Biography of Pierre Toussaint, ex Haitian slave who lived a saintly life in New York and has recently been elevated to the status of "blessed" by the Roman Catholic Church. This is the stage immediately prior to formal sainthood. This 1971 hardbound copy is fine.
  • $18.00.

• TEACHING ABOUT HAITI A 32 paged newspaper format teaching guide published by the Network of Educators on the Americas in 1993. This is the original news magazine featuring articles on history of Haiti, maps, folktales, Konbit, Vodou, Haitian Voices and much more. Very good condition.
  • $5.00.

• Temple, Frances. TASTE OF SALT.. New paperback. Youth novel set during the early presidency of Aristide.
  • $8.00.

• Thoby-Marcelin, Philippe and Pierre Marcelin. ALL MEN ARE MAD. Novel by the famous brothers. Hardbound with both book and jacket cover in very good condition.
  • $35.00.

• Thoby-Marcelin, Philippe and Pierre Marceline. THE BEAST OF THE HAITIAN HILLS.. Like-new paperback. Marvelous novel of Voodoo and folk customs in the 1940s in Haiti.
  • $14.00.

• Thoby-Marcelin, Philippe and Pierre Marcelin. CANAPE-VERT. Prize winning novel second Latin American contest.
  • 1944 edition worn, but in good condition. $30.00.

• Thoby-Marcelin, Philippe and Pierre Marcelin. THE PENCIL OF GOD.
  • Nice condition in good dust jacket. $37.00.
  • Good condition book with no dust jacket $30.00

• Trouillot, Michel-Rolph.    SILENCING THE PAST.    Marvelous philosophy of history using Haitian examples as key tools of analysis.
  • Like new paper. $21.00

• Vandercook, John W. BLACK MAJESTY: THE LIFE OF CHRISTOPHE KING OF HAITI Drawings by Mahlon Blaine. 1928 edition. Somewhat worn copy, but in very nice condition.
  • $15.00

• WARDS OF THE UNITED STATES.   An unsigned story in National Geographic, August, 1916. The article covers The Dominican Republic, Haiti and Nicaragua. The section on Haiti is extensive and has 30 incredible black and white photos of Haiti. One is extraordinary given the later art revival in the 1940s. Most people are familiar with the famous photo of Hector Hyppolite in front of his home, Ici Renaissance. This 1916 magazine has virtually the same photo of a different artist in front of his painted hut. It would be very hard for most to tell the difference! Other photos include a great rural market, streets, cemetery and railroad in P-a-P, arch in Les Cayes, forested mountains, rural tailor, statue of Dessalines, a very unusual photo of the citadel and much more. A very difficult item to find.
  • Nice condition edition. $34.00.

• Waugh, Alec. ISLAND IN THE SUN. 1955 novel set in a fictional British island. Not much about Haiti itself, but the treatment of the color problem on his island is an excellent treatment and helps a great deal in understanding the color problem of Haiti.
  • Hardback. Good. $6.00.

• Weil, Thomas E., et al AREA HANDBOOK FOR HAITI Hard bound book printed in 1973. Lots of very useful information about Haiti, some demographic material is out of date, but not the geographic. Large fold out map. About 6 pages have some yellow highlighting.
  • $15.00.

• Wilentz, Amy. THE RAINY SEASON: HAITI SINCE DUVALIER. Well-known and high touted book of the post-Duvalier days and the rise of Jean-Bertrand Aristide. This is a like-new hard bound in dust jacket.
  • $15.00.

• Williams, Sheldon. VOODOO AND THE ART OF HAITI. 109 page paper back from the 1960s which has text on Haitian art, plus a large number of black and white reproductions and some color plates.
  • Like new. $35.00.

• Wilson, Ruth Danenhower. HERE IS HAITI. 1957 book, an overview of Haiti by a woman who was connected with UNESCO. Hard bound book without dust jacket, nice conditino.
  • $20.00.

• Wouk, Herman. DON'T STOP THE CARNIVAL. This novel is not really about Haiti, but about a fictional Caribbean island. It's focuses on the ugly America in the Caribbean.
  • Hardbound. Good. $6.00.
  • Also have new paper back edition. $5.00

• Wucker, Michele. WHY THE COCKS FIGHT. DOMINICANS, HAITIANS AND THE STRUGGLE FOR HISPANIOLA. 281 page study of the interrelationships between the two nations and peoples with emphasis on the contemporary times.
  • Soft cover in very good condition, unmarked. $19.00.

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